April 16, 2013, 2:26PM

Male cicadas have loud noisemakers called "tymbals" on the sides of the abdominal base. Their "singing" is not the stridulation (where one structure is rubbed against another) of many other familiar sound-producing insects like crickets: the tymbals are regions of the exoskeleton that are modified to form a complex membrane with thin, membranous portions and thickened "ribs". Contracting the internal tymbal muscles produces a clicking sound... Full story »

August 28, 2008, 1:11PM

August 12, 2008, 8:48PM

Click to play Elliott Bradley, an assistant coach at the JFK recreational center in Newark, has been teaching kids to swim for over 30 years. He was the childhood swim coach of Cullen Jones who just became the first African American to win gold in the 4X100 relay. He continues to teach young kids to swim through the learn... Full story »

April 10, 2008, 6:20PM

Nearly 3,000 soldiers from the New Jersey National Guard's 50th Brigade Combat Team are training at Fort Indiantown Gap, Pa. in preparation for deployment to Iraq this fall. The three-week training course in Pennsylvania allows the soldiers to practice skills such as marksmanship and includes a course on advanced lifesaving techniques. The training ends next week and the troops... Full story »

April 03, 2008, 11:51AM

April 02, 2008, 12:22AM

Yankee shortstop Derek Jeter and manager Joe Girardi talk about their memories of Yankee stadium before the last opening day at the old stadium on April 1, 2008. (Audio slideshow by John Munson) Full story »